To become a god : cosmology, sacrifice, and self-divinization in early China / Michael J. Puett.
Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 57.Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2002.Description: xv, 358 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0674009592 (alk. paper)
- 9780674009592 (alk. paper)
- 299/.51 21
- BT100 .P9 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-343) and index.
Anthropomorphizing the spirits: sacrifice and divination in Late Bronze Age China -- Gaining the powers of spirits: the emergence of self-divinization claims in the fourth century B.C. / Accepting the order of heaven: humanity and divinity in Zhuangzi and Mencius -- Descendants of the one: correlative cosmology in the late warring states -- The ascension of the spirit: liberation, spirit journeys, and celestial wanderings -- A theocracy of spirits: theism, theomorphism, and alchemy in the Qin and early Han empires -- Aligning and orienting the cosmos: anthropomorphic gods and theomorphic humans in the Huainanzi -- The sacrifices that order the world: divine kingship and human kingship in the western Han.
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